Refrigerator drip-pan.



S. BRUCELARIE & E. STEFFAN.

REFRIGERATOR DRIP PAN. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2,1911.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON BRUCELARIE AND EUGENE STEFFAN, OF WEST HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

REFRIGERATOR DRIP-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

Application filed May 2, 1911. Serial No. 624,560,

To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that we, SIMON BRUCELARIE and EUGENE STEFFAN, residing atWest Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerator Drip-Pans,of-which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus intended for use as a refrigeratingdrip pan, or the like, and one of the ob eets of the invention is toprovide such an apparatus which is readily attachable and detachable toand from a drain pipe.

Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the kinddescribed which is removably connected to a drain pipe in such mannerthat its relations to the pipe are adjustably fixed and maintained.

Other objects and aims of the-invention, more or less broad than thosestated above, together with the advantages inherent, Wlll be in partobvious and in part. specifically 'adverted to in the followingdescription of the elements, combinations, and arrange mcnt of parts inapplications of principles constituting the invention; and the scope ofprotection contemplated Will appear in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as a part'of thisspecification, and in which we have shown a merely preferred form ofembodiment of our invention; Figure 1 is a top plan view of a deviceillustrating the invention; Fig. 2 is a central sectional view; and Fig.3 is a detailed poi-sport l\'( of one of the parts.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates a floor or othersupport,

through which projects a drain pipe 2 that is cxteriorly screw threadedat its end as indicated at 3.

t indicates a drip pan or vessel, prefcrably of the general shape shown,and adapted to have its edges 5 rest upon the floor, so that access maybe had beneath the pan when it is resting upon the support. The bottomof this drip pan preferably comprises a plurality of sections, all ofwhich angle downward toward the center of the pan, so that any drip intothe side portions of the pan will be discharged toward the center bygravity. At the center of the pan there is an abrupt depression definedby a downwardly extending flange (3 whose lower end is provided with aninwardly directed shoulder 7 that, partially closes the central apertureof the pan, through which extends the end of the pipe 2. A nut 8 isthreadedupon the end of the pipe 2, and this nut is intended to beadjusted to positlon as shown in Fig. 2, wherein the bottom of the panrests upon the floor 1, and the pan is also supported centrally upon thenut. An annular gasket 9 is provided, L shaped in cross section, one armof said L resting upon'the shoulder 7 of the pan, and the otheroccupying the space between the inner end of said shoulder and the pipe2.

10 indicates a strainer, which preferably takes the form of a perforatedthimble, interiorly screw threaded to engage the threaded end of thepipe 2, sothat upon manipulation. of the strainer the gasket 9 may becompressed to effectually seal the joint between the bottom of the pan 1and the pipe 2. As shown in the drawings, the top of the strainer isalso perforated and the parts are arranged so thatthe top of thestrainer is below the plane of the top of the pan. This is in order thatin case the side perforations of the strainer should become clogged, thewater would not at once overflow, but might escape through the top ofthe strainer.

The use of the device may now be understood: The pipe being in place,the lock nut 8 is screwed on to the end of the pipe until. it reachessuch position that it will support the central depressed part. of thepan, while.

the outer portions thereof are supported upon the floor. The pan beingin place as shown in Fig. 2, the gasket 5) is )ositioncd as in Fig. .2,and then the strainer it) is screwed down upon the end of the pipe 3, inorder to compress the gasket. 9 between it and the nut 8 and between theinner end of the shoulder 7 and the pipe 2. A, tight joint is thus madeand all without the use. oi. any tools at all. At the same time theapparatus is easily disassembled for repairs or the like; andfurtherinm'e in case, for instance, of warping of the lloor or supportI, and the consequentwithdrawal of support. from the outer edges of thepan, the pain will nevertheless be held to its position relatively tothe pipe, because its central portion rests upon the nut 8 and isrigidly clamped against. the same by means ol the strainer 10.Consequently, the pan is held iuunovable with respect to the pipe,notwithstanding any irregularity in the supporting surface 1.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and manyapparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be madewithout departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It isalso to be understood that the language used in the following claim isintended to cover all of the generic and specific features of theinvention herein described and all statements of the scope of theinvention, which as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim asnew and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is:

A drip pan having its bottom wall provided centrally with a downwardlyextending annular projection which forms a similarly shaped depressioninteriorly of said pan, the said projection having an inwardly extendingportion formed into a ledge which defines a central aperture, a drainpipe having a diameter less than that of said aperture and extendingfreely therethrough, there being a threaded portion upon the end of saidpipe, a portion of which threaded portion extends upon either side ofsaid ledge, a nut threaded upon said SIMON BRUCELARIE. EUGENE STEFFAN.

Witnesses:

FRANK J. KEN A. S. HONIGSBERG.

